CVE-2021-44433: siemens jt_open_toolkit Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-44433 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in siemens jt_open_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-12-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in JT Utilities (All versions < V13.1.1.0), JTTK (All versions < V11.1.1.0). JTTK library in affected products contains a use after free vulnerability that could be triggered while parsing specially crafted JT files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-14900)

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.